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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Division III’s Emerson College registered a 3.700 team grade point average (GPA) during the 2012-2013 academic year to lead all colleges in the 2013 NFCA Top 10 All-Academic Team Rankings.

The NFCA Academic Awards program honors both collegiate and high school teams for their submitted GPAs from the 2012-13 academic year.

Leading the way in NCAA Division I was the University of Alabama, which turned in a 3.690 squad GPA, while Ohio Dominican (3.632) and Taylor University (3.615) led NCAA Division II and the NAIA, respectively. East Mississippi Community College posted a 3.568 team GPA to head the list of junior colleges.

In the high school categories, Byron Nelson High School nabbed top honors among programs with weighted GPAs via a 4.650 mark, while Hazelton Area High School proved the best among non-weighted schools with a 3.968 GPA.

For a complete listing of all schools ranked in order by division please visit this LINK.

Listed below are the top 10 teams in each of the seven categories (NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA; all junior college divisions; weighted high schools and non-weighted high schools).

NCAA Division I

1. University of Alabama – 3.690, 2. Kent State University – 3.666, 3. Murray State University – 3.569, 4. Robert Morris University – 3.561, 5. University of Northern Colorado – 3.558, 6. Southern Illinois University – 3.535, 7. University of Nebraska Omaha – 3.534, 8. University of Houston – 3.530, 9. University of Tennessee at Martin – 3.500, 10. University of South Dakota – 3.480